PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (2024)

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This channel lists the general natural combat style progression template for new players to follow devised by the RuneScape Discord Mentors in collaboration with PVME. From levels 1 - 20, where an item is marked P2P, this means it is a members item.

Last Revised: 11 June 2024

All bars assume Revo++ is being used. The bars below are taken from the Youtube video: Necromancy revolution bars. Below we use the AoE Healing bars as our main AoE bar whilst you learn combat in RuneScape. It is worth noting that Necromancy ability bars can change upon every new ability unlock. Therefore, for more granular information on how to set up your ability bars at each ability unlock, check out the linked video above.

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (1)Talents allow the player to unlock and upgrade Necromancy abilities, incantations, and passive effects. Talents can be unlocked with talent points, which can be acquired by gaining experience in combat using necromancy as a combat style. Unlocking higher tiers requires a combination of Necromancy levels, an amount of souls contributed to the Well of Souls through rituals, at least one talent from the previous tier, as well as the completion of quests and are managed at the Well of Souls at the ritual site in the City of Um.

We recommend you upgrade your talent tree in the following order:

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (2)⬥ Unlock PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (3) as soon as possible over any unbought upgrades when you hit level 70

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (4)

You must craft weapons and armour at least once to be able to equip them (excluding the tier 10 set)

Gear:

⬥ 1 ‎ ‎PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (5) Death guard (tier 10) & Skull lantern (tier 10)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Free from the quest Necromancy!

⬥ 20 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (6) Death guard (tier 20) & Skull lantern (tier 20)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Requires completion of the quest Kili Row

Armour

⬥ 1 ‎ ‎PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (7) Deathwarden robe armour (tier 10)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Bought from Buried Bargains after completion of the quest Necromancy!

⬥ 20 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (8) Deathwarden robe armour (tier 20)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Requires completion of the quest Kili Row

⬥ Amulet of power

Deathstorm drape - Best in Slot cape for F2P

Silverhawk boots (non-ironman & P2P) can be freely claimed from the Marketplace and give a small damage boost.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• The boots can be upgraded at lvl 20, 40, 50 and 60 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (9) respectively.

Rituals

To unlock Talents in tier 2 of the Talent Tree at level 20, the player will need 50 souls. To maximise souls per ritual, you can use a Fragile memento performing Lesser communication rituals. These are 8 souls per ritual before accounting for multiply glyphs.

Ability bars levels 1 - 20 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (10)

1 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (11) When you begin, you will only have access to PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (12) - this ability does not need to go onto your action bar if you have it set to automatically be used when no other abilities are available (this is the default setting).

⬥ At level 2 ‎ ‎PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (13) add PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (14)

⬥ At level 8 ‎ ‎PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (15) add PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (16)

⬥ At level 13 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (17) add PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (18)

⬥ At level 20 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (19) you will unlock the ability to command your skeleton conjure using PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (20) if you have unlocked it at the talent tree. This ability overrides PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (21) whilst your skeleton is summoned. If you have unlocked the command, swap around PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (22) and PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (23).

At level 20 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (24) your bar will look like the bar below:

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (25)

Monsters to kill 1 - 20 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (26)

⬥ 1 - 20 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (27) Ghostly Troll Thrower in City of Um cave.

⬥ 1 - 20 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (28) Monsters in Lumbridge Catacombs. Requires Blood Pact quest.

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (29)

You must craft weapons and armour at least once to be able to equip them

Useful quests:

⬥ 24 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (30) Complete the quest Rune Mythos

⬥ 46 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (31) Complete the quest Vessel of the Harbinger

Gear:

⬥ 30 ‎ ‎PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (32) Death guard (tier 30) & Skull lantern (tier 30)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Requires completion of the achievement Kili's Knowledge I

⬥ 40 ‎ ‎PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (33) Death guard (tier 40) & Skull lantern (tier 40)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Requires completion of the achievement Kili's Knowledge II

⬥ 50 ‎ ‎PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (34) Death guard (tier 50) & Skull lantern (tier 50)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Requires completion of the achievement Kili's Knowledge III

Armour

⬥ 30 ‎ ‎PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (35) Deathwarden robe armour (tier 30)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Requires completion of the achievement Kili's Knowledge I

⬥ 40 ‎ ‎PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (36) Deathwarden robe armour (tier 40)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Requires completion of the achievement Kili's Knowledge II

⬥ 50 ‎ ‎PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (37) Deathwarden robe armour (tier 50)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Requires completion of the achievement Kili's Knowledge III

⬥ Obsidian cape or Cape of legends

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Latter requires completion of the quest Legends Quest

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (38) Salve amulet (e) - for combat with undead creatures

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Requires completion of the quest Haunted Mine and the miniquest Lair of Tarn Razorlor

⬥ Amulet of glory - for combat with non-undead creatures

⬥ Ring of Wealth

Tome of Um 2 (P2P)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Tome of Um requires completion of the medium City of Um achievements

Rituals

To unlock Talents in tier 3 of the Talent Tree at level 40, the player will need 400 souls. To maximise souls per ritual, you can use a Fragile memento performing Lesser communication rituals. These are 8 souls per ritual before accounting for multiply glyphs.

Ability bars levels 20 - 50 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (39)

Bar at 20 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (40)

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (41)⬥ At level 28 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (42) you unlock PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (43) but don't add it to your bar just yet

⬥ At level 36 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (44) you unlock PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (45) - an AoE ability that can heal you from surrounding targets. Add this to the front of your AoE bar

⬥ At level 40 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (46) you unlock PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (47) and PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (48) if you have unlocked them at the talent tree.

⬥ At level 48 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (49) you unlock PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (50) - a damage over time ability. Add this to the end of your Single Target and AoE bars.

At level 48 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (51) your bars will look like the bars below:

Single Target

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (52)AoE

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (53)

Monsters to kill 20 - 50 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (54)

⬥ 20 - 30 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (55) Monsters in Lumbridge Catacombs. Requires Blood Pact quest.

⬥ 30 - 50 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (56) Dragith Nurn. Requires Blood Pact quest (PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (57) works if you have it!).

⬥ 30 - 40 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (58) Ghosts in any of their locations.

⬥ 40 - 50 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (59) Banshees in the Slayer Tower

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (60)

You must craft weapons and armour at least once to be able to equip them

Useful quests:

⬥ 65 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (61) Complete the quest The Spirit of War

Gear:

⬥ 60 ‎ ‎PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (62) Death guard (tier 60) & Skull lantern (tier 60)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Requires completion of the achievement Kili's Knowledge IV

After reaching 60 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (63) and finishing the above, refer to #unknown-channel for weapon advice

Armour

⬥ 60 ‎ ‎PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (64) Deathwarden robe armour (tier 60)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Requires completion of the achievement Kili's Knowledge IV

Cape of legends

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Requires completion of the quest Legends Quest

⬥ Ring of Fortune

⬥ One of the God books PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (65) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (66) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (67) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (68) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (69) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (70)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Requires completion of the quest Horror from the Deep

After reaching 60 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (71) and finishing the above, refer to #unknown-channel for armour advice

Rituals

To unlock Talents in tiers 4 and 5 of the Talent Tree at levels 60 and 70 respectively, the player will need 2,000 souls for tier 4 and 4,500 souls for tier 5. To maximise souls per ritual, wait until 60 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (72) to begin performing rituals again. You can use a Spirit memento performing Greater communication rituals. These are 24 souls per ritual before accounting for multiply glyphs.

Ability bars levels 50 - 70 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (73)

Bars at 50 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (74)

Single Target

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (75)AoE

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (76)

⬥ At level 52 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (77) you unlock the ability to be able to conjure a second Spirit. Add PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (78) to your bar.

⬥ At level 54 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (79) you unlock PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (80) and PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (81) - Soul strike is an AoE ability.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Add PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (82) and replace PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (83) with PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (84) on your Single Target bar

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• The AoE bar has changed a fair bit - you can see the new ability bar below

⬥ At level 60 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (85) you will unlock the ability to command your ghost conjure using PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (86) if you have unlocked it at the talent tree. This ability overrides PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (87) whilst your ghost is summoned and increases the damage you deal to your target.

⬥ At level 60 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (88) you will unlock the ability to command your zombie conjure using PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (89) if you have unlocked it at the talent tree. This ability overrides PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (90) whilst your zombie is summoned and is a strong AoE ability.

⬥ At level 62 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (91) you unlock PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (92) from the talent tree and add this to your AoE bar.

⬥ At level 66 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (93) you unlock PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (94) and add this to your Single Target bar.

⬥ At level 66 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (95) add PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (96) to your AoE bar.

⬥ At level 70 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (97) you unlock PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (98) from the talent tree - this will override PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (99) without you needing to change anything.

At level 70 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (100) your bars will look like the bars below:

Single Target

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (101)AoE

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (102)

Monsters to kill 50 - 70 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (103)

⬥ 50 - 60 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (104) Ankous in the Stronghold of Security 4th level.

⬥ 60 - 70 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (105) Shadow warriors in the basement of the Legends Guild

⬥ 50 - 70 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (106) The Abyss Monsters (req. Enter the Abyss miniquest).

⬥ 60 - 70 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (107) Armoured Zombies (req. Defender of Varrock quest, PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (108) works!).

⬥ Why are there only Dual Wield weapons listed here?

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Necromancy PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (109) currently only has Dual Wield weapons. This guide will be updated should this change in the future.

⬥ What are Special Attacks PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (110) and how do I use them?

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Certain weapons e.g. PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (111) have special attacks - these are powerful abilities that you have to activate manually. Therefore, place PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (112) outside your revolution bar (the abilities with gold trim around them) if your weapon has one. You can find the ability in your Constitution PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Necromancy (113) abilities.

Can I just train slayer?

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• You certainly can if you want some variety. It is, however, slower to train at lower combat levels.

⬥ Why are weapons upgrades more important than armour upgrades? / Why is power armour recommended over tank armour?

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Frankly put: You gain more from hitting harder than from getting hit less. A higher tier weapon lets you hit harder by increasing hit chance and damage bonus. Power armour increases damage bonus too. This lets you hit harder and kill more monsters, which means more xp gained per hour.

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